Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 282-284 , August 2007

Large Solitary Fibrous Tumour of the Pleura: Analysis of Six Cases

  • Ilan Bar, FCCP

      Affiliations

    • General Thoracic Surgery Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 8 977 9822; fax: +972 8 977 8149.
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  • Michael Papiashvilli, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Thoracic Surgery Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  • Beni Zukerman, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Thoracic Surgery Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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  • David Stav, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pulmonology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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  • Judith Sandbank, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel

Received 19 November 2006 ,Revised 30 January 2007 ,Accepted 31 January 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(07)00122-9

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.01.011

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 282-284 , August 2007

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